Daily Learning Target(s): By the end of class, students will be able to...

• analyze text as evidenced by pre-reading, discussion and annotations.

Due Today:

• None

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• Due Block Day 8/24-8/25: "from Narrative of the Captivity" Annotations, Sequence Chart, and Literary Response Questions 4-7 using textual evidence
• Due Fri 8/26: Puritanism Vocabulary #2
• Due Fri 8/26: Read and annotate The Scarlet Letter thru CH 11 for Lit Circle Meeting #4:
  1. Bring two text based questions for discussion
  2. Take Cornell Notes on Irony (the difference between what happens and what is expected):
     • What is ironic about Dimmesdale’s incredible success as a minister?
     • .Why are Dimmesdale’s public assertions of guilt ironic?

Essential Questions:

• What are the philosophical assumptions of puritans and how do they show up in texts?

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• Imagine you had to survive a life-threatening situation, a flood, a fire, a kidnapping... Describe the skills you might use to survive, what you would do, how you would do it.

• Pre-reading steps (Click here for publication/background info)
• Read and annotate
• Discuss